Low skeletal muscle mass as predictor of postoperative complications and decreased overall survival in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: the role of ultrasound of rectus femoris muscle.
Andrea GalliMichele ColomboGiulia CarraraFrancesca Lira LucePier Luigi PaesanoLeone GiordanoStefano BondiMichele TulliAurora MirabileFrancesco De CobelliMario BussiPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2020)
RF-CSA, evaluated with US, seems a reliable method for identification of patients with low SMM in a stage III-IV HNSCC cohort, defining a subset at high-risk of 30-day complications and poorer OS.